What do you call belief states underlying this kind of kayfabe larping? It’s clearly not literal, or ordinary irony. But it’s also overstating the case to call it delusional. A sort of serious unjoke. Performative chindogu? Cc: @literalbananahttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/style/storm-area-51-alienstock-blizzcon.html …
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PKD reality (that which doesn’t go away when you stop believing in it) is not generally dangerous to ignore/tune out. Most ignored reality never bites you or chase you as you retreat to escape. Believing the moon is made of blue cheese is not dangerous.
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In fact DIY alt realities can often be more real than off-the-shelf large-consensus reallties from Walmart. They just don’t come with a lot of social proof. So post-truth alarmism is really post-social-proof alarmism. The alarmists care about lost social authority, not truth.
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